Absolutely delighted to see the team getting the promotion to Div 3 today. Well done to team and management and looking forward to where this team can go.
Replying To old yellar: "A fantastic win for the footballers today and well deserved promotion for the group. A great weekend ahead in Croke Park for the county and hopefully we travel up in big numbers to support them. Saturday night lights and pints! Some serious performances today and the depth of the panel is certainly a lot deeper than other years in terms of real options and game changers. Hopefully a big year ahead in the Leinster and Tailtean too. Minor hurlers - I think you're being a bit disingenuous when you say we d have fancied beating them years ago like it was a yearly thing- I think we only beat them once at the grade in my memory and it's 20 years ago this year. So it's not an everyday thing! Prior to the sending off we were down by 4/5 at the 20 minute mark - we wouldn't have beat them but the margin would have been significantly less. Speaking to a member of their backroom team after the game, we are in a similar position to them last year - a significant portion of the panel are u16 (last year they were beaten by 31 PTS by Laois whom had beaten us by 13 in the group) So it is what it is. Minor is a development grade and placing significant stock in results is a waste of time in terms of doom and gloom. I hope the group bounce back for next week's game as there's certainly more there than they produced today."
Absolutely agree on the minor hurlers. I remember a minor team that had plenty of lads who went on to play senior with Carlow including Marty Kavanagh, James Doyle, Dion Wall and Diarmuis Byrne get hammered by Dublin and only scored 3 points. We're always going to struggle at underage grades due to numbers. Minor and U20 teams in bigger counties will produce plenty of players who can fill numbers 16 to 40 on a senior panel but if we can stay producing enough gems to break into the first team then we'll be ok.
What a performance yesterday, fantastic to watch. Well done to all. Carlow footballers lifting silverware in croke park would be brilliant, let's hope for the best.
Saw article on Leitrim Observer Poacher was gutted yesterday Admitted he thought his Leitrim could upset Carlow yesterday. Mentioned he obviously knew a lot of people in NCP but could not talk to them he was so disappointed
He left Carlow citing one reason to that there was not much coming through !!!! And he described some of Carlow team as having flashy players who were good when things are going well but not so great when put under pressure ... Remains to me seen if he has a point Would like to know who he deemed as flashy